Legal Opinion
Kraft v. Lowe
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 1950No. 973PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
In 1943 the Lowes purchased from the Krafts 1 a house and lot in the District of Columbia. In 1949 the Lowes brought suit against the Krafts alleging that in 1946 (less than three years prior to bringing suit) they discovered for the first time that the sewerage system of the house was not connected with the public sewer but instead to a septic tank on the premises, and that they had been compelled to expend nearly a thousand dollars in connecting such system with the public sewer.
The complaint was in. two counts, one in contract and one in tort. The trial court, sitting…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Minnesota v. National Tea Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Barnett v. JaspanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. City of South NorfolkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932
- Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. v. YountCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Equitable Life Ins. Co. of Iowa v. Halsey, Stuart & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Friedman v. JablonskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Dresser v. Sunderland Apartments Tenants Ass'nDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Shea v. FridleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Spargnapani v. WrightDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- State v. American News Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1964
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